On the other hand small plants are remarkably s 



•ntiiv vegetation consists of shrubs of from 3 to 7 i 

 ■oil is rxtivim-iv rrantv. mih! the droughts ami heat 

 iccountfor the*paiu-itv of small plants. Almost t 

 rather iaiaiu 



md ruirg.-d 



is, consist of bare fos 



sil coral, with an extremely jag 



with -n at pits and crevices 



surface, honeycombed 









sort of Aloe (?), of which there 



specimens in the box 





igenons plants, and m< 



ist are represented in the collec 



I visited main of the islands in these seas, Providence, Assi 

 and Grlorioso, but made no collections of plants, as my stay 

 short. Giorioso seemed to be comparatively rich in species. 



Hoping that the Aldabra box will reach you and prove 



CCCXVIL— DECADES KEWENSES. 



DECAS V. 



Sterculia Murex, Itcmsl. [Sterculia 



Unbitat.—'YnxwAixl South Afri.-a, Mr. J. Medlvy Wood, t60 



j;ti,,!i<, communis oircitcr semipedalis. Foliola 5-7-pollicaria. 

 Carpellum apertum circitor C» poll, diametro, spinis \-\\ poll, longis 



